User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
- Additional Documentation
- Supported ReadyNAS Systems
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Browsers
- Diskless Systems
- Basic Installation
- Upgrade Pre-6.2 ReadyNAS Firmware for Use With ReadyCLOUD
- Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD
- Local Setup Wizard
- Admin Page
- Access the Local Admin Page
- Register Your System
- Five Levels of Protection
- The ReadyNAS Community
- Safe Mode
- 2. Volume Configuration
- Basic Volume and RAID Concepts
- ReadyTIER, Tiers, Data, and Metadata
- Manage Volumes
- Change RAID Mode
- View the Status of a Volume
- Configure the Checksum Function
- Format Disks
- Create and Encrypt a Volume
- Delete a Volume
- Name a USB Drive
- Expand Storage Capacity
- Add Protection to a Volume
- Add Protection to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Delete a RAID Group
- Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume
- Add a Tier to a Volume
- Enable or Disable Quotas on Volumes
- Maintain Volumes
- 3. Shares
- 4. LUNs
- 5. Snapshots
- 6. Users and Groups
- 7. Use Cloud Services
- 8. System Settings
- 9. System Power
- 10. Install and Manage Apps
- 11. System Monitoring
- 12. System Maintenance
- 13. Backup and Recovery
You create a tier by selecting formatted but unallocated SSD drives and adding them
as a tier to an existing volume. For information about creating a tier, see Add a Tier to
a Volume on page 47.
Manage Volumes
You can manage volumes on your ReadyNAS system. You can add or delete volumes
from the system. Additionally, you can change the volume’s RAID mode and level, check
volume status, perform volume maintenance, and configure volume protection. You
can also extend the storage capacity on you ReadyNAS system.
Change RAID Mode
You can change the RAID mode that your ReadyNAS storage system uses. By default,
your system’s hard disks are configured into a single X-RAID volume (except RR4360,
which only supports Flex-RAID).
Change From X-RAID to Flex-RAID
Your ReadyNAS system can easily change a volume from X-RAID to Flex-RAID mode.
Data on the X-RAID volume is preserved when you switch to Flex-RAID. The RAID level
of the resulting Flex-RAID volume is automatically assigned based on the number of
disks and the current parity level.
To change from X-RAID to Flex-RAID:
1. Log in to the ReadyNAS.
2. Select System > Volumes.
3. Click the X-RAID button at the right side of the page.
4. Confirm that you want to switch from X-RAID to Flex-RAID. The volume switches from
X-RAID mode to Flex-RAID mode and the indicator on the X-RAID button turns gray.
The RAID level is automatically assigned based on the number of disks that are installed.
Change From Flex-RAID to X-RAID
If your system contains only one volume, you can easily switch from Flex-RAID to X-RAID.
Data on the Flex-RAID volume is preserved when you switch to X-RAID.
Software Manual29Volume Configuration
ReadyNAS OS 6.10